Unbreakable cant hook



J. w. S TOLLE.

UNBREAKABLE CANT HOOK.

Patented July 25, 1922.

APPLICATION FILED OCT,I0,19Z1- Piiggy dob-n "WI Stone:

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JOHN WILLIAM STOLLE, on ASHLAND, MAINE, AssIeNon or ONE-THIRD TO FRANKs.

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UNBREAKABhE CANT HOOK.

1,d23,781. Specification of Letters Patent. Patgn ted Jul r 25 192Application filed. October 10', I921. Serial no. 506,906.

T all whom it may concern: the bore of the handle. Welded to the Be itknown that 1, JOHN W. S'roLLn, a shank and forming a continuation of thecitizen ofthe United States, residing at same is a cylindrical metalreinforcing rod Ashland, in the county of Aroostook and 9 extendinglongitudinally and centrally State of Maine, have inventeda new andthrough the bore of the handle or stock 1. 0

useful Unbreakable Cant Hook, of which Embracing the conical end of thehandle the following is a specification. is a conical metallic sleeve orsocket 10 pro- This invention relates to devices for han-' vidin-g areinforcing means for the end of dling logs, and is more particularlydirected the handle. 10 to a new and improved cant hook. The shank 8 isso positioned within the Heretofore, in devices of this kind, the borethatthe pick extends entirely beyond pick of the cant hook was simplydriven the end of the conical portion of the handle, into a handleformed of heavy seasoned with the shoulder 7 in abutting relation maplewood and the pick readily worked with the end of the conical sleeve andthe loose after repeated swelling and shrinkouter end of the conicalportion of the 70 ing of the lower end of the stock, and the handle orstock. necessary hard usage to which such devices The outer or reducedend of the socket are usually subjected. 10 is of the same diameter asthat of the It is an object of this invention to probase of the conicalpoint, while the inclinavide an indestructible cant hook, in which tionof the outer surfaces of the socket and the handle is made of a lightand cheap the point are identical. wood such as spruce, and isstrengthened The other or upper end of the reinforcto' such a degreethat the strongest lumbering rod 9 is screw-threaded, as shown at manwill be unable to break it, and in which 12, and adapted to receive thethreaded poi the pick cannot work loose and force its tion of a spannernut 13, which has a flat way outwardly or inwardly of the handle.section seated upon the sheared-off portion The invention will be bestunderstood l of the knob or hand grip 3 of the stock 1. from aconsideration of the following de- The outer portion of the nut isrounded in tailed description, taken in connection with such a manner asto complete the spherical 30 the accompanying drawing forming part ofshape of the knob 3. Perforations 14 are this specification, with theunderstanding, formed in the spanner nut, which nut may however, thatthe invention is not confined be turned by a suitable tool for rotatingthe to any strict conformity with the showing same and drawing the rod 9inwardly to in the drawing, but may be changed and force the shoulder 7securely upon the ends 35 modified so long as such changes and modiofthe conical portion of the handle and fications mark no materialdeparture from the sleeve 10. the salient features of the invention asex- Integrally formed upon the outer surface pressed in the appendedclaims. of the reinforcing sleeve or socket 10 are a In the drawing pairof cars 15, between which are pivotally Fig. 1 is a side elevation ofthe cant hook. mounted a hook 16, upon a bolt or pin 17.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the The outer end of the hook isformed with same. a point 18 adapted to cooperate with the Fig. 3 is aview in detail of the combined point 6 of the pick for gripping a logreinfiircing rod and pick. when it is attempted. to move the same by 45Referring to the drawing, 1 designates means of the cant hook.

the handle or stock of the hook, provided The shoulder 7 performs atriple funcwith a conical portion 2 at one end, a bore tion. First, itprevents the socket 10 from running longitudinally and centrally of theworking loose; second, it prevents the pick handle, and a spherical orball-shaped end from working deeper into the socket or com- 50 3 forminga hand grip which is shearedoff ing out; and third, it offers resistanceto as shown at l, for a purpose which will be the spanner nut. describedlater. i What is claimed is The pick 5 formed of forged steelfcom- 1. Ina cant hook employing ahandle with prises a conical point 6, an annularshoulder a pick and a pivoted hook, a reinforcing rod 5 7 and a conicalshank 8 inserted within passed longitudinally through the handle 11 andformed integral with the pick, said rod being held from movementlongitudinally of the handle.

2. In it cant hook, the combination with a handle bored longitudinally,a reinforcing rod passed through the bore, means connected to one end ofthe rod to hold the same from longitudinal movement, a pick formedintegral with the other end of the rod and extending beyond the handle,and a pivoted hook connected to the handle and cooperating with thepick.

In a cant hook, the combination with a handle bored longitudinally fromend to end, a pivoted hook connected to one end of the handle, and acombined reinforcing rod and pick united as one structure, the pickextending beyond the handle while the rod lits in the bore of thehandle, and means for holding the reinforcing rod and pick fromlongitudinal movement.

4. In a cant hook, the combination with a handle having a lon itudinalbore and provided with a conical portion at one end thereof, of areinforcing sleeve surrounding said conical portion and having earsformed integral therewith, a hook pivotallymounted between said ears, apick comprisin a conical point, an annular shoulder abutting the end ofthe sleeve and the end of the handle, and a shank inserted within thebore, and a reinforcing rod united to the shank and runninglongitudinally of the bore and having a. screw-threaded end, and a nutfor engaging said end and bearing against the end of the handle.

5. In a cant hook, the combination with a handle having a longitudinalbore and provided with a sleeve at one end thereof, of a pick comprisinga conical point, an annular shoulder abutting the end of the sleeve, anda shank inserted within the bore, a rod united to the shank and runninglongitudinally of the bore and forming a reinforcement for the handle, anut engaging the threaded portion of the extension beyond the end of thehandle, and a hook pivoted to the sleeve.

6. In a cunt hook, the combination with a handle having a longitudinalbore and provided with a. conical portion at one end thereof, of asleeve surrounding said conical portion, a hook pivotally mounted tosaid sleeve, a pick comprising a conical point, a conical shank of lessdiameter than the point inserted within the bore, and an annularshoulder formed at the junction of the conical point and shank andabutting the end of the handle and sleeve, a rod united to the shank andrunning longitudinally of the bore and forming a reinforcement for thehandle, and means for fastening the outer end of the rod and holding thesame lrom movement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixedmy signature.

JOHN WILLIAM STOLLE.

